Comments on: Trust – The Enemy of Security? http://www.gfi.com/blog/trust-enemy-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trust-enemy-security Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Emmanuel Carabott http://www.gfi.com/blog/trust-enemy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Emmanuel Carabott Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:03:21 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=1793#comment-1951 Well put Paul. Phishing and scams work because people trust the source even without proof that an email/letter is coming from were it says it is. That trust then results in those people not questioning what is being asked of them in those scams. If a random person asks anyone for his bank details no one is naive enough to give it to them. If it’s an email from a “bank” they happily comply not realizing that in fact it’s the same scenario!

]]> By: Paul http://www.gfi.com/blog/trust-enemy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 Paul Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:02:17 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=1793#comment-1930 I agree. Too trusting, combined with not enough awareness, is a security nightmare. How do you protect people when they don’t realise they need protecting?

Its sad but most hacks, phishes and scams are not all that sophisticated, they just have a lot of weak targets out there.

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